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Nineteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC

25 August 2020|Event

This Nineteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the SCA as well as the side-events were held virtually.

Statistical Conference of the Americas of the ECLAC

Statistical Conference of the Americas of the ECLAC
Statistical Conference of the Americas of the ECLAC

Authorities from the national statistical offices of Latin America and the Caribbean recognized the role of official statistics in the development of public policies for mitigating the effects of the health emergency prompted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) and in the post-pandemic economic reactivation, on the final day of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of ECLAC.

During the meeting, the countries commended national statistical offices and other agencies producing official statistics for the various actions taken to provide continuity in statistical production during the pandemic, and encouraged them to identify innovations and good practices implemented during this period that can be adopted on a permanent basis to strengthen the efficiency of statistical operations and the quality of official statistics.

Agreements and Report

▪   Report of the Nineteenth of the Executive Committee of the SCA (LC/CE.19/4)

▪   Agreements of the Nineteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (27 August 2020)

▪   Accords de la dix-neuvième réunion du Comité exécutif de la Conférence statistique des Amériques de la CEPALC (27 août 2020)

Working documents

 

Preliminary Programme (26 August)

Programme Préliminaire (26 août, Français)

LC/CE.19/1 Provisional agenda
LC/CE.19/2 Annotated Provisional agenda
LC/CE.19/3 First report on progress in the implementation of the biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities, 2020–2021, of the Statistical Conference of ECLAC

Reference documents

LC/CEA.10/7 Biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities 2020-2021, of the SCA-ECLAC
LC/L.4070(CEA.8/4) Strategic Plan, 2015–2025

25 Aug 2020

  • Inauguración / Opening session

    09:00 to 09:30
    • Palabras de bienvenida / Welcome remarks
        • Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL / Executive Secretary of ECLAC
        • Juan Daniel Oviedo, Director General del DANE de Colombia, en su calidad de Presidente de la CEA-CEPAL / Director-General of the DANE of Colombia, in his capacity as Chair of SCA-ECLAC
        • Stefan Schweinfest, Director de la División de Estadística de las Naciones Unidas / Director of the United Nations Statistics Division
  • Full Video

    09:00 to 16:30

    XIX Reunión del Comité Ejecutivo de la Conferencia Estadísticas de las Américas de la CEPAL

     

  • Aprobación del temario provisional / Adoption of the agenda

    09:25 to 09:30
  • Los desafíos de la COVID-19 como oportunidad para fortalecer el papel de las oficinas nacionales de estadística / The challenges posed by COVID-19 as an opportunity to strengthen the role of national statistical offices

    09:30 to 12:00
    • Rolando Ocampo, CEPAL / ECLAC
      La pandemia de COVID-19 como impulso para la innovación estadística
      The COVID-19 pandemic as a driver of innovation in statistics
      Christian Salazar, Oficina de Coordinación del Desarrollo /Development Coordination Office
      El papel de la información en el contexto de la pandemia / The role of information in the context of the pandemic
      John Verrinder, Eurostat
      Innovations in the face of COVID-19 in the countries of the European
              » Intervenciones de los participantes / Statements by the participants
      Instituto Nacional de Estadística del Uruguay / National Statistical Institute (INE) of Uruguay
      La contribución de las oficinas nacionales de estadística a las acciones de política pública en el marco de la pandemia de COVID-19 / The contribution of national statistical offices to public policy actions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
                Diego Aboal, INE de Uruguay
                - COVID-19: Testeo aleatorio de una ciudad - Uruguay
                Federico Segui, INE de Uruguay
                - Estrategias para acceder a datos administrativos para complementar y sustituir datos de encuestas en el contexto del COVID-1
      Sandra Quijada, Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) de Chile
      Experiencias sobre las posibilidades para el aprovechamiento estadístico de los registros administrativos / Experiences relating to opportunities for the statistical use of administrative records
      » Modera / Moderate: Rolando Ocampo, CEPAL / ECLAC
      ▪ Panel de discusión / Panel discussion: Desafíos para la sostenibilidad de las operaciones estadísticas y la recolección de información / Challenges for the sustainability of statistical operations and data collection
            - Instituto Brasileño de Geografía y Estadística (IBGE), Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) del Perú, Instituto de Estadística de Jamaica
            - Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) of Peru, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN)
         » Intervenciones de los participantes / Statements by the participants
  • Eventos paralelos / Side events

    12:15 to 13:00
  • Los desafíos de la COVID-19 como oportunidad para fortalecer el papel de las oficinas nacionales de estadística (continuación) / The challenges posed by COVID-19 as an opportunity to strengthen the role of national statistical offices (continued)

    14:00 to 16:15
    • Juan Daniel Oviedo, DANE de Colombia
      Innovaciones en el levantamiento del censo / Innovations in carrying out censuses
      Julio A. Santaella, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) de México
      Experiencias de levantamiento de censo durante la pandemia
      Diego Andrade, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) del Ecuador
      Desafíos para la implementación del censo de 2020 a raíz de la pandemia
      Philomen Harrison, Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
      Experiences conducting censuses in Caribbean countries
            » Intervenciones de los participantes / Statements by the participants
      » Modera / Moderate: Paulo Saad, CEPAL.CEPAL / ECLAC
      ▪ Panel de discusión / Panel discussion: Desafíos para la implementación de la ronda de censos de 2020 / Challenges of implementing 2020 census rounds
            - Instituto de Estadísticas de Belice (SIB), Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) de Costa Rica, Instituto Haitiano de Estadística e Informática (IHSI)
            - Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) of Costa Rica, Haitian Institute of Statistics and Information Sciences (IHSI)
            » Intervenciones de los participantes / Statements by the participants
      ▪ Cierre de la sesión / Conclusion of the session

26 Aug 2020

27 Aug 2020